Googlebombing and Collective Action

Andy Kujan supports and Mike Raia opposes the MyDD-led effort to Googlebomb the election, i.e., divert Web traffic to news articles critical of Republican candidates in key races. I side with Andy on this one, but want to make a point about logistics. Googlebombing is a great idea, particularly because it's not a standard part of political campaign toolkit, and might deliver some unexpected results. But it's the sort of thing you need a large number of people to carry off. It wouldn't work so well if it were just Maryland bloggers doing a Googlebomb on Michael Steele, say, because there simply aren't enough of us to do it sucessfully.

It also helps that you have a high-traffic blogger like Chris Bowers directing the whole thing, though perhaps that's too strong a word. While there's certainly an incentive to Googlebomb or doing some other political activity (i.e., help Democrats win elections), having a structured format makes participation easier.

UPDATE: I almost forgot:

--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl

--AZ-01: Rick Renzi

--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth

--CA-04: John Doolittle

--CA-11: Richard Pombo

--CA-50: Brian Bilbray

--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave

--CO-05: Doug Lamborn

--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell

--CT-04: Christopher Shays

--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan

--FL-16: Joe Negron

--FL-22: Clay Shaw

--ID-01: Bill Sali

--IL-06: Peter Roskam

--IL-10: Mark Kirk

--IL-14: Dennis Hastert

--IN-02: Chris Chocola

--IN-08: John Hostettler

--IA-01: Mike Whalen

--KS-02: Jim Ryun

--KY-03: Anne Northup

--KY-04: Geoff Davis

--MD-Sen: Michael Steele

--MN-01: Gil Gutknecht

--MN-06: Michele Bachmann

--MO-Sen: Jim Talent

--MT-Sen: Conrad Burns

--NV-03: Jon Porter

--NH-02: Charlie Bass

--NJ-07: Mike Ferguson

--NM-01: Heather Wilson

--NY-03: Peter King

--NY-20: John Sweeney

--NY-26: Tom Reynolds

--NY-29: Randy Kuhl

--NC-08: Robin Hayes

--NC-11: Charles Taylor

--OH-01: Steve Chabot

--OH-02: Jean Schmidt

--OH-15: Deborah Pryce

--OH-18: Joy Padgett

--PA-04: Melissa Hart

--PA-07: Curt Weldon

--PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick

--PA-10: Don Sherwood

--RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee

--TN-Sen: Bob Corker

--VA-Sen: George Allen

--VA-10: Frank Wolf

--WA-Sen: Mike McGavick

--WA-08: Dave Reichert